Horn



Oct. 3, 1939. c. H. DIETZE, JR 2,175,018

HORN

Filed Oct. 12, 1938 /0/ A5 I I mull U INVENTOR Patented Oct. 3, 1939UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved horn which is designed to providea better and more durable article.

The present invention is designed to be as- 5 sembled afterlithographing or coloring of the horn in contrast to the old method ofcoloring the horns by hand after assembly.

The invention is also designed to provide a new form of horn and a newform of tongue or voice 10 which are readily assembled without the useof solder.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure1 is a side view of my improved horn with the mouth piece in sec- 15tion. Figure 2 is a face view of the article shown in Figure 1 with themouth piece omitted. Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 in Figure 2.Figure 4 is a face view of the improved form of tongue or voice. Figure5 is an end view of the tongue shown in Figure 4.

The illustration shows a horn Ill made of sheet metal formed into theusual tapered tube and may be crimped at its larger end to a flaredendpiece which is not shown. The edges H, of the 25 horn, usually aremade to about or slightly overlap. At the small end in the drawing whichfor clearness of description I refer to as the top end, I provide thehorn with perforations l2 spaced apart, that is, arranged near the edgesH and 30 at the same level. These perforations, however, may bestaggered or they may be increased in number of large size horns.

The tongue or voice, usually made of brass, comprises a blade [3 of theusual proportion and 35 formation as now in use in horns which bladeextends from and is usually integral with a crosspiece brace M. Thisbrace I4 is usually curved to approximate the curvature of the horn andis placed against the horn, usually on the inside.

40 The brace terminates in two lips or prongs l5 which are readilybendable. The prongs are passed through the perforation I2 of the hornand then bent over to secure the tongue in place as clearly shown inFigures 1, 2 and 3.

The mouth piece I6 is usually made of wood and fits over the top end ofthe horn and the tongue. The bore ll of the mouth-piece is of a diameterto engage the horn below the tongue I5 and assists in holding the hornl0 against spreading.

With this improved form of horn the horn can 10 be lithographed beforeassembly. In horns as now made the tongue is soldered to the horn, thesoldering operation being slow and expensive as the tongue must be heldfirmly in position during the soldering. The soldering operation, withits attendant heat, affects the coloring on the bell and it is necessaryto paint the horns by hand after they are assembled.

The improved structure is assembled without soldering with the resultthat no discoloration of painted or lithograph method used in the bellresults.

Various changes can be made in the proportion of the parts withoutdeparting from the scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A horn comprising a horn body of sheet metal with a vertical seam,the horn having perforations at one end, a tongue having a blade andbracket, said bracket extending across said seam, and projections on thetongue bent over in said perforation to hold the parts in assembledrelation.

2. A horn comprising a horn body of sheet metal with a vertical seam,the horn body having perforations at one end and on opposite sides ofthe seam, a tongue comprising a bracket extending across said seam andwith its ends bent over in said perforations and a blade on saidbracket.

CARL H. DIETZE, JR.

